Trump: I Tried To Meet With Rep. Cummings, But He Wouldn't Make A Meeting

At Thursday's press conference, President Donald Trump said that he had made multiple attempts to meet with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) to discuss ways to improve the inner cities as well as HBCUs, but the representative had been dodging his calls. Trump blamed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as for why Cummings was not willing to set up a meeting. He then asked the reporter, April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks, to "Set up a meeting" between him and the Congressional Black Caucus.

Trump's rather unorthodox request to Ryan set off somewhat of an internet meme:

For what it's worth, both the CBC and Cummings' office have denied that they are attempting to avoid meeting with Trump.

Cummings' office quickly disputed that characterization and said a fuller statement would be forthcoming.

Cummings told POLITICO last week that he intended to meet with Trump to discuss prescription drug prices. And he later told reporters he intended to raise the issue of voter suppression in minority communities. But the meeting was never officially scheduled.